Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[cem_devecioglu]

Today as I was not busy , one friend bring a problem PC for re-install..

She said it hangs from time to time ..

I open the case for check in inside  

Cpu cooler metal sheets was blocked completely with dust..

Cleaned the blockage..And all the dirt from inside

Monitored the CPU temperatures from bios ..

All ok..

Also was irq problems..I'm curious who sell this PC..

inside all sorts of PCI cards tv cards, fax-modem (this PC uses DSL ), internal and external sound cards   )

so cut the story short half of the PCI cards left for bin..Arranged setup

and finished installing the XP..

[tunnie]

Yup, dust acts as a blanket.

my pc was clogged too, but switched to Mac now, problem is MacMini is not that easy to take apart.

[cem_devecioglu]

Yup, dust acts as a blanket.

my pc was clogged too, but switched to Mac now, problem is MacMini is not that easy to take apart.

yep..

[Kevin Wood]

Yet another use for that compressor you bought from Aldi/Machine Mart. A good internal blasting with some air and any dusty old PC is as good as new.  

Kevin

[Dave-C]

Yup, dust acts as a blanket.

my pc was clogged too, but switched to Mac now, problem is MacMini is not that easy to take apart.

Indeed it does, also in a moist room i.e. in the winter when the radiators are on with wet washing around and condensation amidst..  this "blanket" becomes damp and causes high resistance shorts across components.  

Worth vaccing all electricals from time to time

[JonArgraig]

I cleaned my PC out a couple of days ago to fit a new case...

I was quite worried to find the "dust" smelt of the anti pesperant I use - infact most of it was a whitish powerder rather than good old dust...